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Platform Title Presenter Language Location Topic Year Presented
RootsTech Beyond the Census - Using Scottish Kirk Session Records to Trace your Scottish Ancestors Janice Smith English Scotland Church Records 2025
RootsTech Getting Started in Scottish Family History Research David Allen Lambert English Scotland Getting Started; Civil Registration; Church Records; Census 2025
RootsTech Top 10 Resources for Getting Started With Your Scottish Research and How to Use Them Without Breaking the Bank Morag Peers English Scotland Vital Records; Census 2025
RootsTech Scottish and Irish Genealogical Connections Morag Peers, Claire Bradley, Ciara Chivers English Ireland, Scotland Emigration/Immigration 2025
RootsTech Where am I?: Are You Searching in the Right Place? Janet Few English England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland Research/Methodology; Jurisdictions 2025
RootsTech Discover Your Ancestors' Occupations - How-to - Ancestry® UK Ancestry English British Isles Business and Occupations 2022
RootsTech Understanding British & European cemeteries Myko Clelland English British Isles Cemeteries 2023
RootsTech UK Ancestors on a Budget: 1. The Census Karen Evans English British Isles Census 2022
RootsTech UK Ancestors on a Budget: 2. BMD Karen Evans English British Isles Church Records 2022
RootsTech 3. Death in Scotland Myko Clelland English Scotland Church Records 2022
RootsTech 2. Marriage in Scotland Myko Clelland English Scotland Church Records 2022
RootsTech 1. Birth in Scotland Myko Clelland English Scotland Church Records 2022
FS Learning Center The Statistical Accounts of Scotland Mckenna Cooper, AG® English Scotland Church Records 2021
FS Facebook England Getting Started with British Army Records Raymon Naisbitt, AG® English British Isles Military records 2024
RootsTech Researching First World War Ancestors Jen Baldwin English British Isles Mlitary Records 2025
FS Learning Center Using Church of Scotland Parochial Registers to trace Scots Ancestry Craig L. Foster, AG® English Scotland Church Records 2017
RootsTech Births, Marriages, and Deaths of British Abroad Kori Robbins English British Isles Civil Registration 2022
RootsTech UK Ancestors on a Budget: 2. BMD Karen Evans English British Isles Civil Registration 2022
RootsTech 3. Death in Scotland Myko Clelland English Scotland Civil Registration 2022
RootsTech 2. Marriage in Scotland Myko Clelland English Scotland Civil Registration 2022
RootsTech 1. Birth in Scotland Myko Clelland English Scotland Civil Registration 2022
FS Learning Center Strategies for Using Civil Registration in the British Isles Part 1: Introduction Raymon Naisbitt, AG® English British Isles Civil Registration 2020
FS Learning Center Strategies for Using Civil Registration in the British Isles Part 5: Tips Raymon Naisbitt, AG® English British Isles Civil Registration 2020
FS Learning Center Strategies for Using Civil Registration in the British Isles Part 4: Scotland Raymon Naisbitt, AG® English British Isles Civil Registration 2020
FS Learning Center Births, Marriages, and Deaths of British Abroad Kori Robbins, AG® English United Kingdom Civil Registration 2021
RootsTech Leaving Liverpool: the journey from the UK to Utah Dr Penny Walters English British Isles DNA 2022
RootsTech Discovering Scottish Records: Scotland 101 Cathie Sherwood English Scotland Getting Started 2022
RootsTech Leaving Liverpool: the journey from the UK to Utah Dr Penny Walters English British Isles Emigration/Immigration 2022
RootsTech MOVING OUT TO MOVE ON – Ancestral migration with the United Kingdom Ian Waller, Debbie Bradley English British Isles Emigration/Immigration 2023
FS Learning Center Scotland Land and Property Records Part 1: Overview Raymon Naisbitt, AG® English Scotland Land and Property 2021
FS Learning Center Scotland Land and Property Records Part 2: Services of Heirs Indexes Raymon Naisbitt, AG® English Scotland Land and Property 2021
FS Learning Center Scotland Land and Property Records Part 3: Additional Indexes Raymon Naisbitt, AG® English Scotland Land and Property 2021
FS Learning Center Scotland Land and Property Records Part 4: Original Records Raymon Naisbitt, AG® English Scotland Land and Property 2021
FS Learning Center Scotland Land and Property Records Part 5: Case Studies Using the Services of Heirs Raymon Naisbitt, AG® English Scotland Land and Property 2021
FS Learning Center Scotland Land and Property Records Part 6: Sasines Raymon Naisbitt, AG® English Scotland Land and Property 2021
RootsTech Leaving Liverpool: the journey from the UK to Utah Dr Penny Walters English British Isles Latter-day Saint 2022
RootsTech UK Military Research: WWI Service Records - Ancestry® Ancestry English British Isles Military Records 2022
RootsTech UK Military Research: Prisoners of War - Ancestry® Ancestry English British Isles Military Records 2022
RootsTech UK Military Research: WWII General Tips - Ancestry® Ancestry English British Isles Military Records 2022
RootsTech UK Military Research: 1939 Register - Ancestry® Ancestry English British Isles Military Records 2022
RootsTech UK Military Research: WWI Casualty Record & Pension Cards - Ancestry® Ancestry English British Isles Military Records 2022
RootsTech UK Military Research: WWI Medal Records - Ancestry® Ancestry English British Isles Military Records 2022
RootsTech UK Military Research: Getting Started - Ancestry® Ancestry English British Isles Military Records 2022
RootsTech Try this simple research tip. Discover your ancestors in newspapers. GenealogyBank English British Isles Newspapers 2023
RootsTech Making the Most of the British Newspaper Archive Aoife O Connor English British Isles Newspapers 2022
RootsTech Uncovering Family Stories with British and Irish Historic Newspapers: Myko Clelland Myko Clelland English British Isles Newspapers 2019
FSL Facebook Workhouses.org Kori Robbins, AG® English British Isles Poor Law 2022
RootsTech Where Are My Poor Scots Ancestors? Alison Spring English Scotland Poor Law 2022
FSL Facebook British Research on Findmypast.com Raymon Naisbitt, AG® English British Isles Research/Methodology 2022
RootsTech Geography of the British Isles - A Crash Course! Myko Clelland English British Isles Research/Methodology 2020
RootsTech How to trace a house through time with Findmypast Carianne Whitworth English British Isles Research/Methodology 2022
RootsTech Discovering UK Records on Ancestry® - Ancestry® Ancestry English British Isles Research/Methodology 2022
RootsTech UK Ancestors on a Budget: 3. Hidden Treasures Karen Evans English British Isles Research/Methodology 2022
RootsTech British in the South Seas Kori Robbins English British Isles Research/Methodology 2022
FSL Facebook New Records on ScotlandsPeople Mckenna Cooper, AG® English Scotland Research/Methodology 2022
RootsTech Discovering Scottish Records: Scotland 101 Cathie Sherwood English Scotland Research/Methodology 2022
RootsTech The Argyll Papers: The Family and Estate Archive of the Duke of Argyll at Inveraray Castle Judy Nimer Muhn English Scotland Research/Methodology 2023
RootsTech 10 Sources for Researching Your Scottish Ancestors – Without Certificates! Alison Spring English Scotland Research/Methodology 2023
RootsTech Breaking Through Brick Walls in Scottish Research - Christine Woodcock Christine Woodcock English Scotland Research/Methodology 2019
RootsTech Discovering and Memorializing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Case Study Stephen Wendt English Scotland Research/Methodology 2022
RootsTech Secrets of ScotlandsPeople Alison Spring English Scotland Research/Methodology 2022
FS Learning Center Scottish Indexes Mckenna Cooper, AG® English Scotland Research/Methodology 2021
FS Learning Center Scotland's Lost Other Half: Tracing Difficult Ancestral Lines in Scotland's Non-Parochial Register Phillip B. Dunn, AG® English Scotland Research/Methodology 2017
FS Learning Center The Scots-Irish: Plantation and Settlement of Ulster in the 17th Century Craig L. Foster, AG® English Scotland; Ireland Research/Methodology 2017
FS Learning Center British in the South Seas Kori Robbins, AG® English United Kingdom Research/Methodology 2021
RootsTech How to Use UK Records to Start your Family History Research Ancestry English British Isles Getting Started 2024
RootsTech Tracing your Marginalised Ancestors in Britain Janet Few English British Isles Research/Methodology 2024
RootsTech Exodus to the Southern Seas Michelle Patient English New Zealand; Australia; British Isles Crime and Punishment 2024
RootsTech Exodus to the Southern Seas Michelle Patient English New Zealand; Australia; British Isles Emigration/Immigration 2024
RootsTech Scottish Passport Records - What are They and Why are They Useful? Morag Peers English Scotland Emigration/Immigration 2024

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